OpenText VM Explorer
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What is OpenText VM Explorer
OpenText VM Explorer is backup and recovery software focused on protecting virtualized workloads. It is used by IT teams to back up, restore, and replicate virtual machines, typically in VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V environments. The product emphasizes VM-level operations such as granular file recovery and application-aware backups, and it supports disk-based backup targets and offsite copy workflows for disaster recovery.
VMware and Hyper-V focus
The product is designed around virtual machine protection rather than general endpoint backup. It supports common virtualization platforms used in on-premises data centers, enabling VM-level backup and restore workflows. This focus can simplify operations for organizations that primarily need to protect vSphere and Hyper-V estates.
Granular recovery options
VM Explorer supports recovery beyond full-VM restores, including file-level recovery from VM backups. It also supports application-aware processing for common workloads (for example, Microsoft application stacks) to improve restore consistency. These capabilities reduce the need to restore an entire VM when only specific data is required.
Replication and offsite copies
The product includes VM replication capabilities that can be used for faster recovery objectives compared with restore-from-backup alone. It also supports copying backups to secondary storage locations to support offsite retention. This provides a practical path to basic disaster recovery without requiring a separate DRaaS platform.
Primarily virtual-machine scoped
VM Explorer is oriented to VM backup and recovery rather than broad coverage across endpoints, SaaS applications, and heterogeneous workloads. Organizations needing a single platform for servers, endpoints, and cloud-native services may require additional tools. This can increase operational overhead in mixed environments.
Less suited for cloud-first
The product is best aligned to on-premises virtualization use cases and may not match cloud-native backup patterns where snapshots, object storage, and managed services dominate. Teams standardizing on public-cloud backup services or DRaaS may find the fit less direct. Integration depth can vary depending on the target cloud and storage choices.
Enterprise governance may be limited
Compared with larger data-protection suites, organizations may find fewer built-in capabilities for complex compliance reporting, multi-tenant administration, or large-scale policy orchestration. Advanced ransomware-resilience features (for example, immutable storage configurations) depend heavily on the underlying storage and deployment design. Larger enterprises may need to validate these controls during evaluation.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Professional Edition Starter Pack | Not published (contact sales) | License to use (LTU) for 4 physical CPU sockets (licensed by physical CPU sockets in hypervisor hosts); Starter Pack is obligatory. |
| Enterprise Edition Starter Pack | Not published (contact sales) | License to use (LTU) for 6 physical CPU sockets; Starter Pack is obligatory. |
| Additional CPU socket license | Not published (contact sales) | Additional CPU-socket licenses sold on top of Starter Packs to cover more sockets. |
| Trial | Free 30-day trial (evaluation) | OpenText product pages/customer stories and official community reference a 30-day evaluation/trial download. |
Seller details
OpenText Corporation
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
1991
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https://www.opentext.com/
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